Back End Developer – Insurance

Ping Insure; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing technology company in Manchester seeks an experienced Back End Developer to enhance their in-house insurance platform. Your responsibilities will include designing secure and scalable back-end services, developing APIs for insurance products, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with Node.js or similar technologies, coupled with a background in financial services or insurance. This is a remote-friendly position with competitive salary and growth opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible, remote-friendly working

Competitive salary and benefits

Long-term growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong back-end development experience with modern programming languages.
• Proven experience building RESTful APIs and data-driven systems.
• Experience in financial services or insurance is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing secure, scalable back-end services.
• Building and maintaining APIs for insurance products.
• Supporting high-volume quote-to-bind and policy lifecycle journeys.

Skills

Back-end development experience (Node.js / TypeScript, .NET, Java, or Python)

Building RESTful APIs

Solid understanding of relational databases (Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL)

Insurance, MGA, broker, or regulated financial services experience

Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Job description

Ping Insure is growing and we’re looking for an experienced Back End Developer to help build, own, and scale our in-house insurance technology platform.

This is a high-impact role working on real insurance products (GAP, Breakdown, Caravan, Cycle and more), supporting multiple brands, insurers, MGAs, and distribution channels.

We have an immediate project, we are looking to start

The Role

You’ll play a key role in designing and developing secure, scalable back-end services that power our quoting, pricing, policy administration, and reporting platforms.

Working closely with Product, Compliance, Operations, and Front-End teams, you’ll help ensure our systems meet FCA regulatory standards, insurer reporting requirements, and commercial objectives.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building and maintaining back-end services and APIs for insurance products
• Designing data models for policies, premiums, commissions, IPT, claims, and bordereaux
• Integrating with insurers, MGAs, aggregators, payment providers, and third-party services
• Supporting high-volume quote-to-bind and policy lifecycle journeys
• Ensuring platforms are secure, auditable, and compliant (FCA, ICOBS, PROD, Consumer Duty, GDPR)
• Improving performance, scalability, and reliability across the platform

What We’re Looking For

• Strong back-end development experience (Node.js / TypeScript, .NET, Java, or Python)
• Proven experience building RESTful APIs and data-driven systems
• Solid understanding of relational databases (Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL)
• Experience working in insurance, MGA, broker, or regulated financial services
• Understanding of insurance policy lifecycles and reporting is a strong advantage
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Nice to Have

• Experience with insurance admin or policy management systems
• Bordereaux, claims, or financial reporting experience
• Multi-brand or multi-entity platform exposure
• Experience rebuilding or migrating legacy insurance platforms

Why Join Ping Insure Group?

• Help build and a modern, in-house insurance platform
• Flexible, remote-friendly working
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Long-term growth opportunities within a scaling insurance group.

Roles pays Between £45,000 - £65,000 pending on experience and location